The red, brown and gray hunk is about 70% larger than the next largest piece of Mars found on Earth and represents nearly 7% ...

A giant rock from Mars and a Jurassic-era dinosaur skeleton are set to go under the hammer at Sotheby’s this week.

Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would ...

One lucky bidder will soon fork over millions of dollars to take home NWA 16788, a 54-pound (24-kilogram) Martian meteorite.

Mars, the Red Planet, may have been much wetter in the distant past than scientists ever imagined. A groundbreaking discovery ...

Mariner 4, built by JPL in Pasadena, took the images on July 14, 1965. One of the mission's leaders reflects on decades of ...

After its voyage past Mars, Mariner 4 maintained intermittent communication with JPL and returned data about the interplanetary environment for two more years. But by the end of 1967, the spacecraft ...

The new test proved the capability of a new propellant that will enhance the rocket's performance, making a sample return mission from Mars increasingly viable.

A chunk of the Martian surface that made an unlikely voyage to Earth will be available to the highest bidder at Sotheby's ...

The largest-known piece of Mars ever found on Earth is going up for auction on Wednesday and could fetch as much as $4 ...